Article: Personal postage strokes mail vanity: The U.S. Postal Service teams up with three firms to make it easy for you to get your face on a stamp, too.

Byline: Dan Kelly

Sep. 29--It used to be you had to walk on the moon or blaze a wilderness trail to the West to get your face on a postage stamp.

Nowadays, it's easier to get your picture on a postage stamp than it is to have it on a "wanted" poster hanging up in the local post office.

Two years ago the U.S. Postal Service contracted three printing and shipping companies to produce customized postage.

Anyone with a computer and an Internet connection can connect to Web sites -- Pictureitpostage.com, Zazzle.com or Stamps.com -- follow some easy instructions and about a week later get their own customized postage in the mail.

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